superhet

[soo-per-het]

adjective

Radio Informal.

1. superheterodyne.

superhet

/ ˈsuːpəˌhɛt /

noun

1. See superheterodyne receiver

Word History and Origins

Origin of superhet¹

First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening

Example Sentences

One of the operators was E. Howard Armstrong inventor of the regenerative detector, super-regeneration and the supersonic heterodyne receiver, though the French claim that the superhet was first designed by Lucien Levy of Paris.

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